For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?
Thanks.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
(this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)
PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
Discovered:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.
Solved powerarchiver not able to compress / decompress files with long file names
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Here’s my problem with Powerarchiver:
I bought powerarchiver, only through this
for me serious bug it is almost useless
for me and i hope they get the bug fixed quickly!
this one seems to exist already for a longer time!When I compress or decompress certain files (in PA format)
does not compress or decompress any further, but stops
without error message. I found out the problem
and isolated, this happens with heavily interlaced
directories, or for files whose file name is too long.
Windows support for long file names is
although switched on but powerarchiver does not compress
Files with long file names.
Try this! Nest a file with long
Names times 4-5 times in different folders, powerarchiver will
not be able to compress or decompress this! -
Thank you all for your effort and for tackling the problem and trying to solve it! I think this is great and very nice of you all :) so you have a loyal customer, I wanted to buy the Powerarchiver Toolbox anyway, I am a very big fan of this great program! Many thanks again to all of you :)
@Brian Gregory
Yes I have indeed tried to use the release version, but there the same error occurs, unfortunately also. But of course I would like to help you to find certain bugs in the program, isolate them and fix them, I like to do this very much, also the 2021 version is still a tick better, because for example the compression speed was optimized for ZIPX, this is of course a great advantage … I digress, sorry, I don’t want to go too much into offtopic, sorry for that …I was very, very happy to help you, because I am a big fan of this program, it is very useful for me! I like it very much to be able to report bugs, which helps the program to get better and grow.
It is very nice and I would like to thank you all very much and wish you all a pleasant afternoon.
Please stay healthy, we all live in very hard times!
All the best and nice, best wishes!
Konglomat
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Are we talking long, exceptionally long or really ludicrously long?
I think Windows itself will start to do rather weird things if the total length of the complete path is over about 256. -
Hi @Konglomat
Yes, there are limits on character size in Windows. However, lets check if PA is performing correctly.
Could you post and/or send us the folder/filename structure you are compressing?
We will test with the exact same character size.Thanks!
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I don’t know exactly how they define a “ridiculous path length”, but yes, I think the path length is ridiculous :)
Yes, any other compression program, and I mean direct competitors, can compress and decompress this path length without a single grumble, even for free, which is a pity, because powerarchiver is not one of the cheapest compression software.
This is a path length that cannot be compressed, there are subfolders per subfolder, but they are two folders shorter.
I find this unfortunately very unfortunate, I have also tried in Windows via Group Policy and with the Registry Editor to activate the support of Windows for long paths, unfortunately without success, even at the command prompt, this makes no difference.
Here is a typical path in the as an example, the names do not match with my paths, but the path length is correct from the characters, contained are only PDF files, quite a lot of them…the names of the files are different between 35-47 characters long, it can’t be because of windows, because for example 7zip,rar etc compresses and decompresses this without problems.
F:\Corona Virus State of Research\Corona Virus Medicine,Research,Working etc\Corona Virus Medicine,Research etc\New 27.03.2020\Donald Trump various
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I did a little test with that path in a PA file and a bunch of PDFs and for me it created the PA file just fine but I see weird scrambling of the paths when extracting in ways reminiscent of this bug I reported before:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6239/Have you tried going back to the release version rather than using this preview version?
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thanks for the information everyone
I setup the exact same folder structure as in @Konglomat 's example, and compressed a PDF file with 47 characters in the file name and was not able to extract it via PowerArchiver.
We have logged this in for fixing.thanks again for the help!
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Thank you all for your effort and for tackling the problem and trying to solve it! I think this is great and very nice of you all :) so you have a loyal customer, I wanted to buy the Powerarchiver Toolbox anyway, I am a very big fan of this great program! Many thanks again to all of you :)
@Brian Gregory
Yes I have indeed tried to use the release version, but there the same error occurs, unfortunately also. But of course I would like to help you to find certain bugs in the program, isolate them and fix them, I like to do this very much, also the 2021 version is still a tick better, because for example the compression speed was optimized for ZIPX, this is of course a great advantage … I digress, sorry, I don’t want to go too much into offtopic, sorry for that …I was very, very happy to help you, because I am a big fan of this program, it is very useful for me! I like it very much to be able to report bugs, which helps the program to get better and grow.
It is very nice and I would like to thank you all very much and wish you all a pleasant afternoon.
Please stay healthy, we all live in very hard times!
All the best and nice, best wishes!
Konglomat
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thanks for the kind words @Konglomat !!!
stay safe and healthy!